British prime minister Keir Starmer has told ministers there was a “huge amount of work to do” as he chaired the first meeting of the new cabinet on his first full day in Downing Street. He told his top team it had been “the honour and the privilege of my life” to be invited by […]
Following a historic landslide win for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom’s general election, Sir Keir Starmer officially became Britain’s new prime minister Friday, ending 14 years of Conservative government. “Now our country has voted decisively for change, for national renewal and a return of politics to public service,” Starmer said during his first […]
UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer got straight to work assembling his Cabinet after promising to rebuild trust in politics and restore hope to the nation after a landslide Labour victory in the General Election. Rachel Reeves was confirmed as Britain’s first woman chancellor, Angela Rayner is Sir Keir’s Deputy Prime Minister and retained the […]
The UK’s new prime minister Sir Keir Starmer promised to rebuild trust in politics and restore hope to the nation after a landslide Labour victory in the British general election. In his first speech in Downing Street, Mr Starmer said the British people had voted “decisively for change”. Mr Starmer said the country could “move […]
LONDON (Reuters) -New Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain needed to rediscover its identity and undergo a wider reset, in his first words outside his new office at 10 Downing Street, promising to fight to restore trust in politics and serve all voters. Greeted in Downing Street by a large crowd of cheering aides and […]
Sir Keir Starmer has said he is ready to govern as the final opinion polls predicted a historic majority for the Labour party at the general election. Britain will go to vote on Thursday with a string of opinion polls pointing to a Labour majority in the Commons greater even than that won by Sir […]
Keir Starmer is the “most Irish Englishman” ever seen in British politics, a columnist in The Times newspaper declared last year, as the likely next UK prime minister has surrounded himself with Ireland-savvy advisers and aides. Despite having no known Irish connections within his own family, Starmer has developed strong links to Ireland throughout his […]
Keir Starmer has accused Rishi Sunak of being “bullied” into taking action over the Westminster betting row as they faced off in their final televised head-to-head debate ahead of the UK general election. The two British political leaders traded barbs over the gambling debacle, taxation and immigration in the last major set piece event before […]
People changing gender must be treated with “respect and dignity”, Sir Keir Starmer has said as he was challenged on his party’s plans to reform the process. The Labour leader said single-sex spaces “must be protected” and “we mustn’t go down the route of self-identification” when asked about the issue on The Sun’s Never Mind […]
Giant Keir Starmer moving through the City Battered by the financial crisis and pandemic, Britain has lost its culture of risk-taking. In the fourth and final part of a special election series, The Telegraph examines how this has affected the economy and whether Labour can bring swashbuckling back to the City. Not long ago, Sir […]
Recent polls have revealed that a majority of Palestinian respondents, both on the West Bank and in Gaza, believe that the October 7 atrocities were a good idea. There could be no clearer illustration that creating a Palestinian state would be Jewish suicide. Next week, however, Labour is set to launch a manifesto committing to recognition […]
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer met with Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe on Sunday to discuss the redevelopment of Old Trafford. The PA news agency understands Mr Starmer attended United’s Premier League game against Arsenal as a guest of Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, who is a member of the task force exploring […]